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“See and hear over 100 old-time automatic musical instruments”
As Q. David Bowers so eloquently states in his Encyclopaedia of Automatic Musical Instruments, "What makes an old-time automatic musical instrument interesting?...It may be the elusive, never-to-be-recaptured feeling of an earlier era...an era that, somehow, seems to be wistfully carefree and nostalgic...The sound produced by a carefully restored instrument is the exact sound that our ancestors heard and enjoyed. The performance that delights you today may have delighted in exactly the same way Napoleon, Queen Victoria, the King of Siam, a San Francisco theatre, or a Paris streetwalker years ago. The emotions of another time, another place...the entertainment of another era comes to life unaltered and undimmed today." Thousands of visitors, young and old, have been captivated by this incredible collection of automatic music machines spanning two centuries. Nickelodeons pound out the tunes of Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan and John Philip Sousa. Intricate, beautifully-tuned music boxes, created by nineteenth-century German and Swiss craftsmen, tinkle enchantingly in the same manner as they did one hundred years ago. Merry-go-round band organs roar to life with explosions of melody.
Awesome. Could have been very cheesey, but very much the opposite. This is a thorough and well maintained collection of many types of musical equipment from early music boxes to player pianos to... Read more
We stopped here on our drive home to stretch our legs. We didnt take the tour but we enjoyed the player pianos in the basement. Bring quarter. Best dollar I spent on our trip! It is an amazing... Read more
Absolutely stunning. The lady working could not have been friendlier. The place was excellent. They had goodies to purchase and 3 floors of stuff to look at. The basement had quarter machines to... Read more
Debence Antique Music World
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- Sun: 12:30 am - 4:00 pm
- Tue - Sat: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
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